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THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF DEADLY HERESIES

THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF DEADLY HERESIES OF SDA CHURCH THAT WILL PREVENT MOST OF THE FOUNDERS OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM FROM JOINING THE CHURCH TODAY IF THEY HAD TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE DENOMINATION'S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS

The following article consists of some questions concerning the
alpha and omega of apostasy, with answering quotes from Ellen White and a
couple of other sources which make it very clear that there is one doctrine
embraced by the SDA church today, which fulfills the specifications of the predicted
Omega heresy, and that this doctrine is the doctrine of the Trinity.

"The prophet cautioned, “In the book '
Living
Temple
'
there is presented the alpha of
deadly heresies." 1 Selected Messages page 200.

"To church members she
wrote, “I must warn our brethren and sisters
not to enter into controversy over the
presence and personality of [Yahuwah]. The statements made in '
Living
Temple'
in regard to this point are incorrect.
The Scripture used to substantiate the doctrine there set forth, is Scripture misapplied.

"I am
compelled to speak in denial of the claim that the teachings in '
Living
Temple
'
can be sustained by statements from my writings. There may be in this book
expressions and sentiments that are in harmony with my writings. And
there may be in my writings many statements which, taken from their connection,
and interpreted according to the mind of the writer of '
Living
Temple
',
would seem to be in harmony with the teachings of this book. This may give
apparent support to the assertion that thesentiments in '
Living
Temple
'
are in harmony with my writings. But [Yahuwah] forbid that this sentiment should
prevail." 1 SelectedMessages page 203.

Again the prophet gave a
warning. “The Omega will be of a most
startling nature.” (Series B, no. 2, page 16) “The omega will follow, and will be received by those who
are not willing to heed the warning [Yahuwah] has given.” “I knew that the omega would follow in a little while; and I
trembled for our people.” (Series B, no. 2, pp. 50, 53)

Today, acceptance of the 27 Fundamentals, which includes the
Trinity doctrine, is necessary to be part of the corporate S. D. A. Church.

False concepts about Yahuwah constituted the “alpha” of apostasy and
false concepts about Yahuwah constitute the “omega” of apostasy. As we shall below carefully
examine Sister White's statements concerning the “omega” we will see that the
Trinity doctrine and its acceptance within the larger body of Adventism
perfectly fits her predictions.

Let us consider the following candid acknowledgment by Elder
William Johnson, editor of the Adventist Review:

"Some Adventists today think that our beliefs have remained
unchanged over the years, or they seek to turn back the clock to some point
when we had everything just right. But all attempts to recover such “historic
Adventism” fail in view of the facts of our heritage.

Adventist beliefs have
changed over the years under the impact of “present truth.” Most startling is the teaching
regarding Yahushua, our Saviour and Master. Many of the pioneers, including
James White, J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith, and J. H. Waggoner, held to an Arian
or semi-Arian view—that is, the Son at some point in time before the Creation
of our world was generated by the Father.

"Likewise, the Trinitarian understanding of [Yahuwah], now part of
our fundamental beliefs, was not generally held by the early Adventists.
Even today a few do not subscribe to it." (Adventist Review, January 6,
1994, page 10, 11)

LET US NOW CONSIDER THE ALPHA OF DEADLY HERESIES

1. SOME IN THE
SDA
CHURCH
CLAIM TODAY THAT THE "GODHEAD" CONTROVERSY IS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. WHAT
REPERCUSSION IS IT TO HAVE A FALSE CONCEPT OF YAHUWAH?

ANSWER:It is a salvation issue.

“Hath
a nation changed their [elohim], which are yet no [elohim]? but my people have changed
their glory for that which doth not profit.” Jeremiah 2:11

“Are we followers of [Yahuwah] as dear children, or are we servants of
the prince of darkness? Are we worshipers of [Yahuwah], or of Baal? of the living [Eloah], or of idols?No outward shrines may be visible, there may be no image for the eye
to rest upon, yet we may be practicing idolatry. It is as easy to make an idol of cherished ideas or objects as to fashion gods of wood or stone. Thousands have a false conception of [Yahuwah] and His attributes.They are as verily serving a false
god as were the servants of Baal. Are we worshiping the true [Eloah] as He
is revealed in His word, in Christ, in nature, or are we adoring some
philosophical idol enshrined in His place? [Yahuwah] is a [Eloah] of truth. Justice and
mercy are the attributes of His throne. He is a [Eloah] of love, of pity and tender
compassion. Thus He is represented in His Son, our Saviour. He is a [Eloah] of
patience and long-suffering. If such is the being whom we adore and to whose
character we are seeking to assimilate, we are worshiping the true [Eloah].”- Testimonies
for the church volume five, page 173.

2. The teachings
of which book was referred to as “The Alpha of deadly heresies” (SelectedMessages bk.1, p.200) by Ellen White and what was the name of the
author?

ANSWER:Dr. John Harvey
Kellogg was the author and the title of his book that Ellen White referred to was
“The Living Temple.”

To Dr Kellogg she said, “You are not definitely clear on the personality of [Yahuwah], which is
everything to us as a people. You have virtually destroyed . . . [Yahuwah] Himself.”
Letter 300 1903.The
Early Elmshaven Years. Vol. 5. 1900-1905 by Arthur L White 1941.

3. WHAT WAS THE MAIN ISSUE IN THE ALPHA
HERESY?

ANSWER:The main issue was the doctrine of Yahuwah as she
called it "the personality of [Yahuwah]”.

“I have been instructed by the heavenly messenger that some of the
reasoning in the book Living Temple is unsound...It introduces that
which is nought but speculation in regard tothe personality of [Yahuwah]
and whereHis presence is. . . One and another come to me, asking me to explain the positions
taken in Living Temple . I reply, 'They are unexplainable.' The sentiments expressed do not give a true
knowledgeof [Yahuwah]. All through the book are passages of Scripture.
These scriptures are brought in in such a way that error is made to appear as truth.”(SelectedMessages bk.1, p. 201)

“These theories regarding [Yahuwah] make His word of no effect,
and those who accept them are in great danger of being led finally to look upon
the whole Bible as a fiction. . .” (Testimonies forthe Church, Vol.
8, page 291)

4. What did Dr Kellogg really believe when he wrote
his book 'The
Living
Temple
'?

ANSWER:“As far as I can fathom, the
difficulty which is found in 'The Living Temple', the whole thing may be simmered
down to the question: Is the Holy Ghost a person? You say no. I had supposed
the Bible said this for the reason that the personal pronoun 'he' is used in
speaking of the Holy Ghost. Sister White uses the pronoun 'he' and has said in
so many words that the Holy Ghost is the third person of the Godhead. How the
Holy Ghost can be the third person and not be a person at all is difficult for
me to see.” Letter: J H Kellogg to G. I.Butler. Oct 28. 1903.

“I believe this Spirit of God to be a personality you don't. But
this is purely a question of definition. I believe the Spirit of God is a
personality; you say, No, it is not a personality. Now the only reason why we
differ is because we differ in our ideas as to what a personality is. Your idea
of personality is perhaps that of semblance to a person or a human being.
(Letter from J. H. Kellogg to G. I. Butler, February 21, 1904)

5.what did Brother Butler say to Dr
Kellogg?

ANSWER:Elder
Butler
did not agree that
Kellogg properly represented Sister White's thoughts in The Living Temple.
Replying to Dr. Kellogg he wrote:

"God dwells in us by His Holy Spirit, as a Comforter, as a
Reprover, especially the former. When we come to Him we partake of Him in that
sense, because the Spirit comes forth from him; it comes forth from the Father
and the Son. It is not a person walking around on foot, or flying as a literal
being, in any such sense as Christ and the Father are - at least, if it is, it
is utterly beyond my comprehension of the meaning of language or words." (Letter
from G. I. Butler to J. H. Kellogg, April 5, 1904)

6. What did he say when he wrote to Brother Prescott?

ANSWER:In 1903, the Autumn Council was held in
WashingtonDC
,
and immediately after the council, Brother Kellogg wrote to W. W. Prescott
defending his position.

“You,
Elder Daniells, and othershave spoken about a fine line of
distinction, but I could notquite see what it was, but this
statement by Sister Whitemakes it clear to me.The
difference is this: When we say God is in the tree, theword
'God' is understood in that the Godhead is in the tree, God the Father, God the
Son, and God the Holy Spirit, whereas the proper understanding in order that
wholesome conceptions should be preserved in our minds, is that God theFather
sits upon his throne in heaven where God the Son isalso;
while God's life, or Spirit or presence is the all-pervadingpower
which is carrying out the will of God in all the universe.” Letter: J H Kellogg to W. W. Prescott. Oct 25. 1903.

7. REGARDING CHANGES TO THE
BOOK, “ LIVING TEMPLE ”, WHAT DID BROTHER DANIELLS
WRITE TO W.C. WHITE?

ANSWER:"Ever
since the council closed I have felt that I should write you confidentially
regarding Dr Kellogg's plans for revising and republishing 'The Living
Temple'…. He (Kellogg) said that some days before coming to the council, he had
been thinking the matter over, and began to see that he had made a slight mistake
in expressing his views. He said that all the way along he had been troubled to
know how to state the character of God and his
relation to his creation works… He then stated that his former views regarding
the trinity had stood in his way of making a clear and absolutely correct statement;
but that within a short time he had come
tobelieve in the trinity and could now see pretty clearly where all the difficulty was, and
believed that he could clear the matter up satisfactorily.

"He
told me that he now believed in God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost; and his view was that it wasGod
the Holy Ghost, and not God the Father, that filled allspace,
and every living thing. He said if he had believed thisbefore
writing the book, he could have expressed his viewswithout
giving the wrong impression the book now gives.

"I
placed before him the objections I found in the teaching, and tried to show him
that the teaching was so utterly contrary to the gospel that I did not see how
it could be revised by changing a few expressions.

"We
argued the matter at some length in a friendly way; but I felt sure that when
we parted, the doctor did not understand himself, nor the character of his
teaching. And I could not see how it would be possible for him to flop over,
and in the course of a few days fix the books up so that it would be all right."

(Letter: A G Daniells to W C
White. Oct 29. 1903 page 1.2.)

8. Did
Sister White change her own understanding of the doctrines given at the
beginning?

ANSWER: Speaking of herself in the third person, Ellen White wrote,
“I understood that some were anxious to
know if Mrs. White still held the same views that she did years ago when they
had heard her speak in the sanitarium grove, in the Tabernacle, and at the camp
meetings held in the suburbs of
Battle
Creek
.I assured them
that the message she bears today is the same that she has borne during the sixty
years of her public ministry.She has the same service to do for the
Master that was laid upon her in her girlhood. She receives lessons from the
same Instructor. The directions given her are, 'Make known to others what I have revealed to you.
Write out the messages that I give you, that the people may have them'.This is what she has endeavored to do.”
(1 Selected Messages page 35. 1906.)

“The greatness of [Yahuwah] is to us incomprehensible.
'[Yahuwah]'s throne is in heaven' (Psalm 11:4); yet by His Spirit He is everywhere present. He has an intimate knowledge
of, and a personal interest in, all the works of His hand.” (Education, page 132, 1903.)

LET US NOW
CONSIDER THE OMEGA OF DEADLY
HERESY

9. WHEN WOULD THE OMEGA HERESY BE INTRODUCED
INTO THE
SDA
CHURCH
?

ANSWER:In a
little while, shortly after the time of the Kellogg apostasy (shortly after
1904). Let us note that the Trinity was introduced into the Church in the 1920s
by Leroy Froom.

“Living
Temple contains the alpha of these
theories. I knew that the omegawould follow in a little while; and
I trembled for our people.”(SelectedMessages bk.1, page 203)

10. WHAT WOULD BE THE MAIN ISSUE IN THE
OMEGA HERESY?

ANSWER:The doctrine of Yahuwah. “Living
Temple contains
the alpha ofthese theories. I knew that the
omega would follow in a little while; and Itrembled for our people. I knew that Imust warn our brethren and sisters notto enter into controversy over thepresence and personality of [Yahuwah]...” (Selected Messages
bk.1, page 203)

11. WOULD IT BE RECEIVED?

ANSWER:It would be received by
those who did not heed the warning.

“In the
book Living Temple there is presented the alpha of deadly heresies. The
omega will follow, and will bereceived by those who are
not willing to heed the warning [Yahuwah] has given.(Selected Messages bk.1, page 200)

12. WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT OF THE CHURCH'S
ACCEPTING THE OMEGA HERESY?

ANSWER:It would result in a change of our religion. This
change consists of the rejection of the pioneer concept of Yahuwah and the
acceptance of the Trinity.

“The
enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was
to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would
consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and
engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformationto take place, what would result!
The principles of truth that [Yahuwah] in His wisdom has given to the remnant church,
would be discarded. Our religionwould be changed. The fundamentalprinciples that have sustainedthe work for the last fifty yearswould
be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a
new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. (SelectedMessages bk.1, page 204)

13. HAS THE
CURRENT
SDA
CHURCH
ACCEPTED THE OMEGA
OF DEADLY HERESY?

ANSWER: Yes. There has
been a change in the doctrine of the S. D. A. Church.The General
Conference of SDA church at
Dallas
in 1980 officially voted statement that affirmed the Trinitarian teaching.The following quotation is from the Ministry Magazine of
October 1993, page 10. This magazine is an official publication of the
S.D.A.
Church
,
published for Seventh Day Adventist ministers. This article was written by
George Knight, a professor at
Andrews
University
. He says:

"Most of the founders of Seventh-Day Adventism would
not be able to join the church today if they had to subscribe to the
denomination's fundamental beliefs. More specifically, most would not be able
to agree to belief number 2 which deals with the doctrine of the Trinity." (Ministry
magazine of October 1993, page 10.)

“In the
balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day Adventist church is to
be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages
that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the
advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her,
on her will be pronounced the sentence: "Found wanting." By the light
bestowed, the opportunities given, will she be judged.” {8T, p 247}.

“Of
those who boast of their light, and yet fail to walk in it, Christ says, 'but I
say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for
Tyre
and
Sidon
at
the day of judgment, than for you. And thou,
Capernaum [Seventh-day
Adventists, who have had great light], which art exalted unto heaven
[in point of privilege], shalt be brought down to hell: for if
the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in
Sodom
, it would have
remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable
for the
land
of
Sodom
in the Day of Judgment, than for
thee.' At that time [Yahushua] answered and said, "I thank thee, O Father, [Master]
of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and
prudent [in their own estimation], and hast revealed them unto babes.” {RH,
August 1, 1893}. [THE BRACKETED COMMENTS ARE BY ELLEN WHITE].

14. WHAT SHOULD BE THE ONLY SAFETY FOR TRUE
AND HONEST SOULS IN THE SDA CHURCH AS OMEGA IS NOW FULFILLING RIGHT BEFORE THEM?

“As the
light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical authorities in the
days of Christ, so it has been rejected in every succeeding generation.
Again and again the history of Christ's withdrawal from
Judea
has been repeated. When the Reformers preached the word of [Yahuwah], they had no
thought of separating themselves from the established church; but the religious
leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that bore it were forced to
seek another class, who were longing for the truth. In our day few of the professed
followers of the Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for
the voice of [Yahuwah], and ready to accept truth in whatever guise it may be
presented. Often those who follow in the steps of the Reformers are forced
to turn away from the churches they love, in order to declare the plain
teaching of the word of [Yahuwah]. And many times those who are seeking for light
are by the same teaching obliged to leave the church of their fathers, that
they may render obedience.” {DA, p 232}.

“You are exhorted to touch not the unclean thing; for in
touching this, you will yourself become unclean. It is impossible for you to unite with those who are corrupt, and still remain pure”. {RH,
January 2, 1900}.

“We have a testing message to give, and I am instructed to
say to our people, "Unify, unify." But we are not to unify with those who are departing from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits
and doctrines of devils”. Manuscript 31, 1906. {3SM, p 412}.

“As in
the days of Noah and
Lot
, there must be a
marked separation from sin and sinners… There was a coming out, a decided (Dict: Decided :
clearly marked, distinct, vigorous and determined.) separation FROM the wicked, and escape for life. So it was in
the days of Noah, so with Lot; So with the disciples prior to the destruction
of
Jerusalem
; (So
with the Reformers and so with the founders of the SDA movement.) And so it will be in the last days. ”{Patriarchs and Prophet, p.167}.

15. Has Ellen
White ever prophesied that YAHUWAH's
people just before the falling of the plagues will be called out of the SDA churches?

ANSWER:YES!

“One
thing it is certain is soon to be realized, – the great apostasy, which is
developing and increasing and waxingstronger, and will continue to do
sountil [Yahuwah] shall descend fromheaven with a shout. . . . ”(SpecialTestimonies, Series B7, p. 57-8)

“I saw that [Yahuwah] has honest children among the nominal
Adventists and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall
be poured out, ministers and people will be called out from these
churches and will gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this;
and before the loud cry of the third angel is given, he raises an excitement in these religious bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think
that [Yahuwah] is with them.” {EW, p 261}.

"The most fearful news here is the prophecy
that those who will reject the call to come out of the SDA churches and the
fallen churches will experience an 'excitement', coming from
Satan to deceive them into thinking that '[Yahuwah] is with them.

"I was shown the
necessityof those who believe that we are having the last message of mercy, being separate from those who are daily imbibing new
errors. I saw that neither young nor old should attend their meetings;
for it is wrong to thus encourage them while they teach error that is a deadly
poison to the soul and teach for doctrines the commandments of men. The influence of such gatherings is not good.
If [Yahuwah] has delivered us from such darkness and error, we should stand fast in
the liberty wherewith He has set us free and rejoice in the truth. [Yahuwah] is
displeased with us when we go to listen to error, without being obliged to go;
for unless He sends us to those meetings where error is forced home to the
people by the power of the will, He will not keep us. The angels cease their watchful care over us,
and we are left to the buffetings of the enemy, to be darkened and weakened by
him and the power of his evil angels; and the light around us becomes
contaminated with the darkness." {EW 124.3}

We have taken out from the original quotations (with the exception of some of the apostate quotations) all pagan names and titles of the Father and Son, and have replaced them with the original given names. Furthermore, we have restored in the Scriptures quoted the names of the Father and Son, as they were originally written by the inspired authors of the Bible. -WLC Team